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How many times have you seen a kid coming out of Hot Topic dressed in full “emo wear” and thought to yourself, “There outta be a law.” Well, Russia’s way ahead of you.
The country is considering “banning” emo clothes and music because it is dangerous to teens. According to Current, “everything from websites to dressing in emo attire will be prosecuted.”
NME.com goes into more detail. Due to fears that emo may contribute to teen depression and suicide, lawmakers are formulating legislation that would “heavily regulate” emo websites and “ban emo and goth dress style in schools and government buildings.” Believe it or not, the bill is expected to pass.
We were under the impression that emo was passé. However, the Search data says otherwise. Lookups on the guyliner-wearing, crusty hair-sporting, black t-shirt-wearing music genre are twice as high as they were two years ago. Additionally, emo-light posterboys Fall Out Boy continue to score in Search.
Whether banning emo is a logical way to help troubled teens, we don’t know. But we do know this. If this law stops just one kid from wearing guyliner, it will have all been worth it.
Filed under: Music, Legal Cases, Emo
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Posted by supagoomba55 | Sun, October 05, 2008, 4:54 pm PDT
THATS BULL [profane]!!! WHO ARE YOU TO TELL US THAT WE CAN'T HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH!! YOUR JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!! NOT ALL EMOS ARE DEPRESSED AND SUICIDAL!! THE TEENS THAT COMMIT SUICIDE ARE DEPRESSED!! YEAH SOME MAY BE EMO BUT WEARING BLACK CLOTHES AND LISTENING TO MUSIC WON'T MAKE SOMEONE GO "Wow these guys are sad! Hey lets go jump off of a 20 story building! I'll get my friends to come with me! YAY!!!!" WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO IS CRIMINAL!!! BASICALLY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS SAYING "You can't feel emotions anymore or you will be arrested!" WE'RE JUST BEING OURSELVES!!!!!! LIKE I'M EMO AND I'M NOT GONNA KILL MYSELF!!!! THE ONLY CLOTHES I WEAR IS BLACK GOTHIC CLOTHES AND I LISTEN TO EMO MUSIC BUT I'VE NEVER TRIED TO KILL MYSELF!!! AND IF YOU BAN EMO CLOTHES AND MUSIC THATS NOT GONNA STOP SUICIDE!!! IF YOU TRY TO GET RID OF PEOPLES FREEDOM OF SPEECH THEN CHANCES ARE THAT THERES GONNA BE MORE SUICIDES! I MAY BE WRONG BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO RISK IT!!!
I know you guys aren't gonna pay attention and pass it anyway but this pisses me off!
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